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OPINION
No Guns,
No Glory

By RAHUL BEDI
 
AT THE HEART OF IT
SERIES At The Heart Of It with Shoma Chaudhury Tehelka presents The Music Project In Conversation with Writers Cinema & Me: The Movies That Made Me
UTTAR PRADESH
Lokayukta Under a Cloud Over Extension
The SP government’s move is being seen as a reward for the ‘good job’ done by the Ombudsman

KARNATAKA
Centre of excellence or a varsity of scam?
An embezzlement of Rs 10 crore at Mysore University has put a serious question mark on the intent of the authorities


MIDDLE EAST WEBLOG
Government of India helps stranded Indians in Beirut
Indian diplomats successfully acquire permission for Indians to enter city

INTERVIEW
‘People are realising the power of the vote’
There should be a Parliament resolution against giving tickets to candidates with criminal records, says Kiran Bedi

TAMIL NADU
Will Sasikala and Jayalalitaa forgive and forget?
CM’s estranged friend apologies, says she had “no clue” about the conspiracy her relatives hatched against Amma

ITALIAN SHIP ROW
Enrica Lexie allowed to go after a bond of Rs 3 crore
Kerala HC orders the release of Italian ship Enrica Lexie after securing a bond for Rs 3 crore

CONTROVERSY
The unloading of the Rs 14cr Tatra truck scam
In March 2010, the defence ministry had ordered 788 Tatra vehicles from BEML. The order was worth Rs 632 crores

LAND ACQUISITION
CAG indicts Yeddyurappa for irregularity in land deals
Investigation opens can of worms to reveal gross lack of accountability in land allotment under Yeddyurappa's rule

CONSERVATION
"Conservation without fences: Can India coexist with wildlife?"
We endorse a “not-in-my-backyard” view, while pushing for man and animals to be neighbours

JAMMU AND KASHMIR
‘Free Waqar’ online campaign gains momentum
Amnesty International gives its stamp by recognising it as an instance of rampant police and state repression in Kashmir

GLOBAL ECONOMY
China is as fragile as India right now
Increasing economic woes are having an
effect on China’s domestic stability,
writes RS Kalha

OPINION
Build bridges for harmony
Ram Puniyani on how divide-and-rule dynamics can be slowly erased in
South Asia

TEHELKA ARCHIVES
Energy? Not In My Backyard!
Jaitapur. Srikakulam. Every power plant is dogged by a conflict today. How can India solve its power riddle?

BOOK REVIEW
A Londoner comes to terms with alien worlds yet again
Embassytown might come to be a kilometer-wide sprawl of bordellos, drink, and all the other vices of travelers

 
  MEN IN WHITE
The Man without a smile
Turbaned, surrounded by trumpets and flowers on a stage in Ajmer, Sachin is serious and unsmiling. In his ministry office in Delhi, too, he keeps a straight face

KOODANKULAM
The tide rises against Amma
After Jayalalithaa’s green signal for the Koodankulam nuclear plant, the protesters and police are on a collision course, says Jeemon Jacob

WHAT ON EARTH
A Train to Nowhere
The other surprise in the railway budget is a new line that Mamata Banerjee wished in the heart of Buxa Tiger Reserve

JUSTICE FOR SONI SORI
Why is this woman still in jail?
Despite repeated pleas, Soni Sori’s case is yet to come up for hearing in the Supreme Court

PROS&CONS
Where are farm hands when you need them?
MGNREGA is certainly a good idea. But it can’t be allowed to play havoc with farming operations by weaning away labourers during peak season

IN COLD BLOOD
‘Raja Bhaiya is a victim of vendetta politics of BSP’
SP spokesman Rajendra Chowdhary tells Virendra Nath Bhatt that the party will crack the whip on unruly cadres


  GAY RIGHTS
The Picture of Dorian, Gay
As the Supreme Court deliberates the decriminalisation of homosexuality, Shonali Ghosal meets the parents repainting the portrait of the Indian family in colours of pride

CINEMA
The Twist In the Script
With movies like Paan Singh Tomar and I Am Kalam, Sanjay Chauhan is bringing the rigours of writing and storytelling back to Bollywood, says Nishita Jha

BOOKS
Life for Art’s Sake
V Sanjay Kumar’s debut novel is a witty sketch of the impact of contemporary art on middle-class India, says Deepanjana Pal

BOOKS
The Per Capita Myopia
Praful Bidwai brings lucid scholarship and a fresh perspective to issues of climate change, says Nagraj Adve

FILM REVIEW - KAHAANI
The Unusual Investigator
By Mona J

PSYCHOLOGIES
‘My audience becomes participants and voyeurs’
- Hema Upadhyay, 39, Artist

By Aradhna Wal

PERSONAL HISTORIES:FREEDOM-CLAD
‘My attire neither defines nor confines me’
By Sana Javaid

     



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